I am toying with an idea, and I need your awesome creativity! I'd like to look at expanding what we know about the erithi kata. You can submit up to five individual kata in the format provided below. Due date is 23:59 pacific time on May 31, 2009. Submission format: Email subject: [ERITHI CONTEST] - Kata - (character) Account Name/Character name: 1. Full Name of the kata 2. Mnemonic (one word) 3. Position (standing, kneeling, sitting, prone) 4. First person messaging 5. Third person messaging, non-erithi 6. Third person messaging, erithi Submission example: [ERITHI CONTEST] - Kata - Xynwen Acct Name/Char: GS4-XYNWEN/Xynwen 1. Mountain rising through clouds 2. Mountain 3. Standing position 4. You breathe deeply and begin the mountain rising through clouds kata. Gracefully bending at the waist, you place your palms and wrists on the ground in front of you, extending the pose forward until your body forms a perfect mountain peak. 5. Gracefully bending at the waist, Xynwen places her palms and wrists on the ground in front of her, extending the pose forward until her body forms a perfect mountain peak. 6. Gracefully bending at the waist, Alibeth flows into a perfect mountain rising through clouds kata. _____________________ 1. Eagle in flight 2. Eagle 3. Standing position 4. You drop your shoulders and begin the eagle in flight kata. Relaxing your chest, you extend your arms in a wide stance, slowly raise your palms skywards, with fingers splayed to form the wings of an eagle in flight. 5. Relaxing her chest, Xynwen extend her arms in a wide stance slowly raises her palms skywards, with fingers splayed to form the wings of an eagle in flight. 6. Relaxing her chest, Alibeth forms an eagle in flight though eagle kata __________ 1. Coiled Serpent striking 2. Serpent 3. Kneeling position 4. You lightly point your head up and begin the coiled serpent striking kata. Extending two fingers on each hand, you seamlessly thrust your arms in front of you from your hips to form a coiled serpent striking. 5. Xynwen extends two fingers on each hand, and seamlessly thrust your arms in front of her from your hips to form a coiled serpent striking. 6. Extending two fingers on each hand Alibeth flows into a perfect coiled serpent striking kata. ________________ 1. Wheel spinning on axis 2. Wheel 3. Standing position 4. You bend your front knee and begin the wheel spinning on axis kata. Loosley holding fingers together, your inwardly facing palms take successive parallel routes from above the left shoulder across and down to below the left hip, returning in a circular motion to form a wheel spinning on its axis. 5. Loosley holding fingers together, Xynwen's hands take successive parallel routes from above her left shoulder across and down to below her left hip, returning in a circular motion to form a wheel spinning on its axis. 6. Loosley holding fingers together, Alibeth flows into a wheel spinning on axis kata. _______________ 1. Wind blowing through reeds 2. Wind 3. Standing position 4. You take your right foot back and begin the wind blowing through reeds kata. Slowly extending first your Right arm and then your left arm, you bring them rhythmically around infront of your chest in a semi-circular motion forming wind blowing though reeds. 5. Slowly extending first her right arm and then her left arm, Xynwen brings them rhythmically around infront of her chest in a semi-circular motion to form a wind blowing though reeds. 6. Slowly extending first her right arm and then her left arm, Alibeth flows into a perfect wind blowing through reeds kata. __________________________ 1. Lightening strike on ground 2. Lightening 3. Standing position 4. You breathe quickly through the nose and begin the lightening striking the ground kata. Raising your right hand, fingers extended, over his left shoulder, you bring the outside edge of the hand towards your left hip forming a lightening strike on ground. 5. Xynwen raises her right hand, fingers extended, over her left shoulder. She brings the outside edge of her hand towards her left hip forming lightening strike on ground. 6. Alibeth raises her right hand, fingers extended and forms a perfect lightening strike on ground kata. _______________________ 1. Butterfly emerging from pupa 2. Butterfly 3. Standing position 4. You raise your straightened right leg high, bringing your elbows together and raise the arms infront of your face. Extending your body, you slam your leg down, parting arms for form the perfect butterfly emerging from pupa 5. Xynwen raises her straightened right leg high, bringing her elbows together and raise herarms infront of her face. Extending her body, she slams her leg down, parting her arms to form the perfect butterfly emerging from pupa 6. Alibeth raises her straightened right leg high and forms a perfect butterfly emerging from pupa kata. _____________________ 1. Leaping Frog through air 2. Frog 3. Prone 4. You place your feet shoulder width apart and begin the leaping frog kata. Swiftly manoeuvring your right arm over your head, you use the angular momentum to turn in the air and land on the balls of both feet to form a perfect leaping frog through air kata. 5. Swiftly manoeuvring her right arm over her head, Xynwen uses the angular momentum to turn in the air and land on the balls of both feet to form a perfect leaping frog through air kata. 6. Swiftly manoeuvring her right arm over her head, Alibeth uses the angular momentum to turn in the air and forms a perfect leaping frog kata.